The Chiefs
Tyler Brûlé interviews top CEOs and business leaders on navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and building resilient, profitable futures.
Latest Episodes
Vas Narasimhan
Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, is joined by Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis. One year on from their first discussion on ‘The Chiefs’, they assess the roadmap ahead, from vaccine rollout to reimagining medicine.
Davide Grasso
Monocle editorial director Tyler Brûlé joins CEO of Maserati Davide Grasso for the final installation of our travel and hospitality series. They discuss how to cater for the modern luxury consumer and how to go electric while staying true to your brand.
Sébastien Bazin
In this week’s episode of ‘The Chiefs’, Monocle editorial director Tyler Brûlé joins the CEO of Accor, Sébastien Bazin. They discuss what the path to reopening looks like for one of the world’s leading hospitality brands and why optimism is in the air.
Eric Vallat
In this week’s episode, Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, meets the CEO of Rémy Cointreau, Eric Vallat. They discuss the future of hospitality, what it means to lead a brand with so much history, and whether 2020 will have a lasting impact on consumer trends.
Blake Scholl
In this week’s episode, Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, joins the founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, Blake Scholl. They discuss the path to making supersonic flight commercially viable again – and why it disappeared in the first place.
Akbar Al Baker
In this week’s episode, Monocle editorial director Tyler Brûlé is joined by the GCEO of Qatar Airways, Akbar Al Baker. They look at the state of the aviation industry, Qatar Airways’ no-fuss approach to the pandemic and why it never stopped flying.
Edgar Heinrich
In this week’s episode of ‘The Chiefs’, Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé is joined by BMW Motorrad’s chief designer Edgar Heinrich. They discuss why the future of the two-wheeler is looking bright and the innovative design process behind the upcoming CE 04.
Professor Joël Mesot
Monocle’s editorial director and chairman Tyler Brûlé is joined by Professor Joël Mesot, president of ETH Zürich, one of the world’s leading universities. They discuss the future of learning, Zürich’s symbiotic relationship with the institution and ETH’s impressive start-up programme, the Spin-offs.
Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis
In this week’s episode of ‘The Chiefs’, Monocle’s Tyler Brûlé and Andrew Tuck take a trip to Athens to visit Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at Mansion Maximos. They discuss Greece’s newfound sense of national confidence, the strategic importance of the eastern Mediterranean and why Greece is back on the…
Best of 2020: part 2
Tom Edwards guides us through a curated selection of highlights from 2020’s impressive catalogue of interviews. From CEOs to city mayors, presidents and beyond, Monocle’s Tyler Brûlé sat down with those at the top to talk leadership and strategy in a year like no other.
